Legal Challenges to Contesting a Last Will and Testament

If a person makes a Last Will and Testament and you have not been named as heir to the Last Will and Testament, the question is:

  1. Do you feel slighted or cheated?
  2. Did the Last Will and Testament truly represent the last wishes of the deceased?
  3. Do you disagree with the content of the Last Will and Testament?
  4. Do you want to legally challenge the validity of the Last Will and Testament?

Here are common legal challenges to the contestation of a Last Will and Testament:

1. Lack of testamentary capacity

2.Formalities of the Last Will and Testament have not been respected:

a. Holograph Will[1]:

b.Not formally executed before two witnesses[2]:

3. Undue influence or captation

4. Suspicious circumstances

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